2016学年第二学期桐庐中学高三年级高考模拟考试（3）
英语学科试题
第I卷
考生须知：
1．本卷共8页满分150分，考试时间150分钟； 2．答题前，在答题卷指定区域填写班级、姓名、考场号、座位号及准考证号并填涂相应数字。 3．所有答案必须写在答题纸上，写在试卷上无效；
第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）
第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒种的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1. What is the woman going to do? A. Have a coffee. B. Clean her office. C. Attend a meeting. 2. What does the woman ask for? A. A dress of different size. B. A dress of better quality. C. A dress of a bright color. 3. What does the man want to do? A. Borrow a ladder. B. Take his leave. C. Clean the roof. 4. What will the woman probably do next? A. Go to the man?s place. B. Call the Hillsboro Hotel. C. Reserve an exhibition hall. 5. Where are the speakers? A. At home. B. In a museum. C. In the city square. 第二节（共15小题；每小题l.5分，满分22.5分）
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听下面一段对话，回答第6和7题。
6. Why has the man hardly seen the woman lately? A. She had a traffic accident. B. She moved to another place. C. She is working unusual hours.
7. Where does the conversation take place? A. In an office. B. At a bus stop. C. In an apartment. 听下面一段对话，回答第8至第10题。 8. What does the man have to do now? A. Plan a trip. B. Look for a job. C. Make a decision.
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9. What does the woman think of the journey to South America? A. Dangerous. B. Exciting. C. Expensive. 10. What advice does the woman give to the man? A. Going abroad. B. Staying at home. C. Opening a bookstore. 听下面一段对话，回答第11至第13题。 11. What is the radio program for? A. Sharing personal feelings. B. Discussing language skills. C. Promoting community service.
12. What is the second point Prof. Sheffield mentioned? A. To give details and facts. B. To introduce main ideas. C. To conclude the article.
13. What makes an excellent article according to Prof. Sheffield? A. Formal language. B. Detailed facts. C. Personal style. 听下面一段对话，回答第14至第17题。 14. What are the speakers mainly talking about? A. A summer job. B. A birthday party. C. A food company. 15. What does the man?s company do? A. Design furniture. B. Organize concerts. C. Offer food services. 16. What will the man do before the party? A. Set tables. B. Cook food. C. Play music. 17. What does the woman think of the man?s work? A. Difficult. B. Interesting. C. Valuable. 听下面一段独白，回答第18至第20题。 18. What do the Hoffmans do for a living? A. They are gardeners. B. They sell vegetables. C. They run a guesthouse.
19. How much direct sunshine do tomato plants actually need every day? A. Five hours. B. Eight hours. C. Twelve hours. 20. Why do Irish potatoes grow better in the shade? A. They have deeper roots. B. They have wider leaves. C. They have bigger flowers.
第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分35分） 第一节（共10小题；每小题2. 5分，满分25分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。
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A
Competition is a part of life and something all of us have to deal with on a daily basis if we are going to be a part of society. The children need to learn how to be gracious winners and losers. And we need to help them understand that losing at something does not mean they are a failure.
Competition in school is helpful to the students. Having competition makes learning fun.It gives students motivation and it also gives them a challenge and reasons to pay attention to.
Competition in school makes the learning process fun. Kids can participate in games like spelling games or jeopardy(冒险智力游戏). When they play these games children get points for offering correct answers to the questions. Kids like playing these games because they give them a break from the regular lectures and tests. It can also offer rewards such as homework passes or candy to whoever or the team which wins each game. Jeopardy games can fit into almost every type of subject and be formed around almost any type of material. This also gives a child or student a chance to learn what they have already known and what they should study more before a big test.
Student often need more motivation in the classroom. This gives them self support to do better and learn more. It also gives them more motivation to ask more questions and to further study about the subject outside the classroom. Competition gives them a challenge to want to be the best in class which makes them be better at school and to receive better grades. It also gives them more reasons to pay attention in class. When they pay attention in class they learn more. This also gives some of the kids reason of not sleeping in class but studying more at home and in class. 21. The author explains “Competition makes learning fun” by. A. presenting research findings B. describing a scene in school C. giving examples D. making a comparison 22. We can learn from the last paragraph that . A. there are many ways to raise students? grades B. competition makes students more focused in class C. students are under great pressure in school
D. competition seldom offers a challenge to students 23. The best title of the passage is.
A. Students are Satisfied with Competition B. Motivation is Involved in Competition C. Competition is Good for Teachers D. Competition is Beneficial to Students
B
No need to head to the movie theater or download the video game app: Angry Birds can be found right in your backyard this summer--if you live in the suburbs, that is. Virginia Techresearchers recently found that birds that live in suburban areas exhibit significantly higher levels of territorial aggression than their country counterparts. The results were recently published in Biology Letters.
“A possible reason for this is that these birds have less space but better resources to defend,”said Scott Davies, a postdoctoral associate in biological sciences in the College of Science. “Living near humans provides better food and shelter, but it also means more competition for these limited resources.”
Davies and co-author Kendra Sewall, an assistant professor of biological sciences in the College of Science, measured territorial aggression in 35 urban and 38 rural male song sparrows at three rural and
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three urban sites in the New River Valley during the spring of 2015.
The Virginia Tech and Radford University campuses served as the (sub) urban sites due to theirlevels of human impact. Rural sites included Kentland Farm and Heritage Park. In these settings,the researchers played a recording of a male song sparrow and observed how the territory-holding birds responded to a simulated intrusion from a neighbor.
Campus birds showed a higher level of aggression: they approached and remained near the speaker, flapped their wings furiously, engaged in loud singing and then began to produce ?soft song? --- a term that researchers use to describe the quiet noise that a bird makes, which is predictive of a coming attack.
Though rural birds still responded to a song intrusion, they did not respond as vigorously.
The researchers placed small leg bands on the birds to identify individuals, and recorded each individual?s responses twice, several weeks apart.The suburban birds were more territorial on both occasions, showing that their increased aggression lasts throughout a breeding season. 24. Why does the author mention “Angry Birds” in the first paragraph? A. To introduce a video game app.
B. To arouse the readers? interest in the topic.
C. To analyze the reason why this app is so popular. D. To compare the realistic birds and the virtual birds. 25. What can we learn from the passage?
A. Suburban birds act more aggressively than rural birds. B. Urban birds must fight for the abundant food.
C. Birds? producing ?soft song? means attacking is ready. D. Rural birds didn?t react to the recording of the song at all. 26. What is the purpose of this passage?
A. To stress the importance of protecting birds. B. To inform us of the difficulties of an experiment.
C. To show urban birds enjoy a better life than rural ones. D. To tell us birds? territorial aggression in different areas. 27. Where can we read this passage? A. In a biography textbook. B. In an experiment report. C. In a science magazine. D. In an environmental journal.
C
Jimmy?s mother called out to him at seven in the morning, “Jimmy, get UP. It?s time forschool.” He answered, “Mother, I?m not going to school. There?re fifteen hundred kids at that school and every one of them hates me. All the teachers hate me, too. I don?t understand it. Why would you want to put me through all of that suffering?”“Jimmy, for two good reasons,” she fired back. “Firstly, you?re forty-two years old. Secondly, you?re in charge of the whole school.”
There are few of us who, on some days, have not felt like Jimmy. We just do not want to go to school. That school, of course, is life itself, where dropping out can seem a much better idea than facing the challenges that inevitably lie ahead.
Pablo Casals, the great musician, was asked why he continued to practice five hours a day ateighty-five years of age. He replied, “Because I think I?m getting better.” To grasp the significanceof this more fully, let me explain the success in our culture. Through the over-exposure and media attention
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given to the rich and powerful, we believe that some people have made it. The lie is thatthey then live happily ever after. Those who have made it in order to “make it” discover that happylife ever after doesn?t exist.
Success begins the moment we understand that life is about growing; it is about acquiring the knowledge and skills, which we need to live more fully and effectively. Life is meant to be a never-ending education, and when this is fully appreciated, we are no longer survivors but adventurers. Life becomes a journey of discovery, an exploration into our potential. Any joys we experience in living are the fruits of our willingness to risk, our openness to change, and our ability to create what we want for our lives.
If you have already risked much and lost much, it doesn?t matter. Mistakes don?t matter. Failure doesn?t matter. What matters is that you learned from your mistakes and failures. A successful bank president was being interviewed by a reporter:
“Sir, to what do you owe your success?” “That?s easy to answer: good decisions.”
“And to what do you attribute your good decisions?” “That?s easier still: the wisdom gained from experience.” “And where did you get that experience?” “Easy again: bad decisions!” 28. What?s Jimmy?s problem? A. Being too old to get to school.
B. Having difficulty in understanding teachers. C. Getting through much suffering from schooling.
D. Having trouble getting along with workmates and students.
29. What does the writer intend to tell us by giving the example of Pablo Casals? A. Progress and excellence in work is possible only with hard practice.
B. Challenges are waiting for you even after you have achieved some success. C. Valuable lessons from experiences greatly improve the quality of life. D. Memorable life should be filled with traditional meaning of culture.
30. What can be concluded from the interview between the reporter and the bank president? A. Failure teaches success. B. Wisdom flows from experience. C. Even the best of us make mistakes. D. Past lessons guide us in the future. 第二节（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Traffic Rules in America
31 Keep Right
The traffic follows the “keep right rule”. While driving, drive on the right side of the road. On one way, multiple lanes road, the right-most lane would be slowest and left-most lane is fastest. Use Hand Signals
Though indicators are used for the purpose of showing which direction we are going, knowing the relevant hand signals is very important.32 When we want to make a left tum, we can stick our left arm out of the window and point to the left. If we want to slow down or stop, we can just point downward.
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